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California lawmakers hold hearing about virus spending
ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California lawmakers held their first oversight hearing on Thursday to examine how Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent more...
EPA guts rule credited with cleaning up coal-plant toxic air
ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday gutted an Obama-era rule that compelled the country's coal plants to cut back...
Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy
ZEKE MILLER, ALAN SUDERMAN, and KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the...
Wandering wolf that captivated the world is believed dead
ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A wolf that wandered thousands of miles from Oregon and became the first wild wolf spotted in...
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into...
US job losses mount as economic pain deepens worldwide
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and LORI HINNANT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's unemployed swelled toward Great Depression-era levels Thursday in an unprecedented collapse...
Record 22 million have sought US jobless aid since virus
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the U.S. economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million...
Small business lending program on hold after reaching limit
JOYCE M. ROSENBERG and ANDREW TAYLOR
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The government's lending program for small businesses is on hold.
The Small Business...
Reports: Bodies found at New Jersey nursing home
ANDOVER, N.J. (AP) — Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies at a nursing home in northwestern New Jersey,...
Thursday: What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
The Associated Press
The ranks of Americans thrown out of work by the coronavirus is ballooning, causing an unprecedented collapse that has fueled widening protests...